Save Muni Wireless

Esme Vos at muniwireless.com is reporting that Burleson will be building a wireless network for municipal operations and public access. The contractor, oddly enough, is Chevron Energy Solutions. ...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001139.html

The City of Harlingen received a $500,000 TIF (Texas Infrastructure Fund) grant back in 2002 that was used to errect two sets of wireless broadcast towers. Now, the city is looking to move forwar...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001137.html

This is off our usual beat; it's not a Texas story but it's illustrative. During the Hurricane Katrina crisis, New Orleans setup a wireless mesh running at 512Kbps speed. Problem is that state la...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001131.html

We noted previously that the City of Houston had released a draft RFP for the "Digital Houston Initiative," its city-wide wireless initiative. This week, the city released the final RFP. The city...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001129.html

Austin is currently one of the most unwired cities in the nation, achieved through a tapestry of hotspots. These numerous small zones, from city parks to cafes, make Wi-Fi access nearly ubiquitou...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001127.html

From the Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Local business and academic leaders met with city officials Wednesday to determine how best to work together to promote the city's wireless network—which s...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001114.html

Late next month, there will be a summit for community wireless networks in St. Charles, MO. The Summit is the largest gathering of community wireless networking developers, implementers and allie...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001112.html

The City of Houston is looking to get into ubitquitous Wi-Fi in a big way. Today, the City released a draft RFP soliciting companies to build a mixed-use, citywide network. The draft explains the...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001109.html

The effort to outlaw muni networks failed in Texas, but that doesn't mean it's over. The issue is alive in Washington, where the Federal government is considering a rewrite of national telecom la...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001108.html

At 150 people were expected, but over 350 people came to the San Francisco Muni Wireless conference. At the keynote session, Esme Vos shared the results of a market study predicting a $400 millio...

http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/001019.html